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Baylor Bears head coach Art Briles against the Central Florida Knights during the Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

What’s the best way to get rumors to stop circulating? Address the situation yourself. That’s what Baylor head coach Art Briles did when he released a statement in response to his name being thrown out in contention for the Texas Longhorns’ coaching position.

‘I have no desire to pursue other coaching positions,’ he said. ‘As I’ve said many times, I am both humbled and honored to be the head coach at Baylor University, and believe we have something special going here. I look forward to leading the Bears onto the field next fall at McLane Stadium and defending our Big 12 championship that our players and coaches worked so hard to win this season.’

Recent reports have stated that Briles would listen to a pitch from Texas after the Fiesta Bowl about the vacant position left by Mack Brown. But on the day of the Fiesta Bowl loss, other reports cited a booster saying that Briles told him that he wasn’t leaving for the burnt orange.

Other names in the Texas job hunt include Jim Mora and former NFL head coach John Gruden.

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